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Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe
A Social History of the Hwesa People, 1870s -1990s
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David Maxwell
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English
Published/Copyright:
1999
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This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. The book focuses on the religion and politics of the area, describing how the Hwesa people adapted the Christianity that the missionaries brought to found their own popular Christianity, pitted against local notions of evil. It also examines the role of the chief, challenging the idea that the they were no more than colonial stooges.
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- Original and perceptive writing from a prominent Africanist historian
- Fresh body of new data, challenging conventional wisdom
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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LIST OF MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND TABLES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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PLACE NAMES
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INTRODUCTION
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1 THE WARS OF THE FIELD MICE: HWESA POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES
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2 THE CINDERELLA PEOPLE: HWESA POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS INTERACTIONS WITH THE COLONIAL STATE, 1904-50
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3 THE SPIRIT AND THE SCAPULAR: PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC INTERACTIONS 1950-75
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4 THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN KATERERE: LOCAL APPROPRIATIONS OF MISSION CHRISTIANITY IN THE 1950s
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5 LOCAL POLITICS AND THE WAR OF LIBERATION
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6 THE ROASTING OF CHIEF GAMBIZA: THE RETURN OF CHIEFS IN ALLIANCE WITH THEIR ANCESTORS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
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7 WITCHES, PROPHETS AND AVENGING SPIRITS: THE SECOND CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN KATERERE
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CONCLUSION
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APPENDIX 1: METHODOLOGY
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APPENDIX 2: HWESA MYTHS OF ORIGIN
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APPENDIX 3: RITUALS OF THE HWESA CHIEFTAINSHIP
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APPENDIX 4: HWESA LEGENDS
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APPENDIX 5: GENEALOGIES
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NOTES
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SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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Keywords for this book
African Studies
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